The last of our trees to turn color are the Black Cottonwoods and the Western Larch. I hope they hold their color for another week so I can get a few more photos before all of the color here is white.

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Aren’t you lucky — you still have leaves! I was about to say we have no black cottonwood here. Wrong. It’s found throughout BC and along the eastern slopes of the Rockies in Alberta, with a small population in the SE part of AB. Now you’ve got me thinking — when I see balsam poplar maybe I’ve been seeing black cottonwood. (Apparently they hybridize easily.) Maybe the habitat is the key — it says they prefer low-lying damp areas, with loose, porous, sandy or gravelly soil. And sometimes along riverbanks. Come spring I’ll see what I can see. 🙂

We have a lot of the cottonwoods along the rivers and streams and also in mountain ravines where there is a spring or a seep of water. My plant book says that the Balsam Poplar (P.balsamfera ssp) is a sub species of the Black Cottonwood (P.balsamfera) and its fruit capsules split into two instead of three parts. Seems like not much of a difference!

I think Larch are magnificent when they are wearing gold, and the trails are covered with their fallen needles. We often get an early snow (supposed to be up to 3 inches Thursday night) and then another relatively warm spell. This morning there was half an inch of ice on the birds’ water tub.

The black cottonwood is lovely against that blue sky of yours.
The larch in Denmark are a bit tiny but when they loose their golden needles on the path it looks as if the sun shines down between the trees even on a grey day. As if the tree intends to shine over the forest just until the snow is coming 🙂

I’m so happy for you that you have those beautiful blue skies now. The trees are just glorious against such a deep blue. Like others, I look forward to your larch photos, but all of the trees are pretty. I do love the fall. Despite the fact that winter’s just around the corner, it seems like the most energizing season to me. Of course, I don’t mind winter, either, so I don’t experience some of the trepidation that others do. If I lived in the far north it might be different, but I don’t think so. Anyway — you have a fine season to enjoy, and I hope you do get some Indian summer after the little snow.

Those blue skies will be gone for awhile. About an hour ago the National Weather Service abruptly changed their forecasts for here, now predicting up to 3 inches of snow tonight, up to 5 inches tomorrow and another 5 Friday. Luckily, this afternoon I started up and checked out my snow blower and got it ready for use. It’s now starting to snow. All of this probably sounds pretty foreign to anyone in your area!